A man has been arrested after police swarmed a lucrative cannabis factory following a tip-off.

Officers raided the property in Barn Lane, Olton, yesterday morning and found the 29-year-old man inside (Tuesday, August 28).

There also found 62 cannabis plants worth an estimated £40,000.

They were seized and taken away to be destroyed.

Police officers with the cannabis haul (Image: @leosWMP via Twitter)

What the police said

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said : “Officers conducting a drugs warrant at an address in Barn Lane in Olton arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of producing class B drugs just before 8.30am (Tuesday 28 August).

“Around 62 cannabis plants and associated equipment were recovered from the property.”

(Image: @leosWMP via Twitter)

Cannabis farm equipment dumped in park

In July, fly-tipping hit a new low in Coventry after the remains of a cannabis factory were dumped near parkland.

The contents of the drug cultivation operation were discovered at a car park at Sowe Common in Woodway Park .

The dumped equipment was spotted in the newly resurfaced car park on Woodway Lane, off Shilton Lane, by a CoventryLive reader who also captured pictures.

It included sheeting, pipework, metal flues and large plastic pots used to grown the cannabis plants in.

The reader, who did not wish to be named, spotted the haul on Friday July 6.

The contents of a cannabis factory were found dumped in a car park at Sowe Common

He said: “These pictures show the contents of a drug growing farm dumped in the corner of a newly re-surfaced car park on Friday night - highlighting this massive problem across Coventry.”

A spokesman for Coventry City Council said the paraphernalia had been spotted by council workers and removed on Monday, July 9.

He said: “One of our Streetpride teams was cleaning Sowe Common as part of their normal cleansing schedules.

“They noticed the fly-tipped waste and because of its nature removed it whilst they were on site. It was reported to their supervisor.”

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What happens to all the cannabis seized by police?

In 2012, police incinerated £2million-worth of cannabis which was seized from West Midlands drug farms.

Disposal team manager Mike Hall, said the facility is an energy from waste plant, quipping the region's drug farmers were indirectly helping to power our towns and cities.

He said: “In all seriousness, though, we know how much upset drug dealing causes in our communities.

“It attracts an undesirable element, tends to be linked to wider acquisitive crime and is a real concern, especially for families.

“No-one should be expected to live with drug dealing on their doorstep – we’re responding to community concerns, acting on the information they provide, and shutting down more and more drugs production facilities.”